Balladen Community Primary School

Now and next

Balladen Community Primary School

Now and next

Friday 18/03/2016

Now (what has happened this week)

Welcome to our weekly newsletter!

Hello from all of us at Balladen School.

We have, as always, had a great week at Balladen School. There has been so many smiling faces and so much learning taking place!

Thank you to all of you for supporting us in ensuring our uniform policy is followed throughout the school. I have seen some new shoes around school this week as well. We appreciate the time and effort you have put into this. Thank you.

On Monday we had a community assembly led by David. He told us the story of passover which the children really enjoyed. Our full Governing Board met on Monday after school. These meeting are always very enjoyable and useful. Our governors do spend a lot of their free time supporting the school. Thank you to them!

On Tuesday Kids Rock came in again to work with our Reception children. After school some of our Key stage 1 children had the joy of Zumba after school club!

On Wednesday we were very lucky because Tom Hamer came to speak to all of us at Balladen. Tom is a swimming silver medallist from the 2014 Commonwealth games and attended Alder Grange School. The children were enthralled by his stories and we hope to invite him back to Balladen soon.

On Thursday the sun was shining and some of the classes took the opportunity to go outside and enjoy our wonderful school grounds. Year 1 and 2 were looking at some of the frog spawn from our pond. Year 1 have also been growing peas and these are doing really well! Some of our girls also took part in a cheer leading competition at Alder Grange school. We will have more information about this later.

On Friday we had our celebration assembly. We love these assemblies as parents and carers attend and it allows the children, and us, to show off some learning! Mr Grime and Mrs Winstanley also took some children to St. Batholemews in the afternoon.

Thank you all for your continues support and we look forward to seeing the children and yourselves on Monday!

Have a wonderful weekend.

Mr. Neil Ringrose

Please be careful when driving and parking around school!

Please be very careful when you are driving and parking around the school. I have had a number of parents mentioned to me that their child has been involved in a near miss with a car. This has happened more in the morning than after school.

Please ensure the safety of all of the children at school by being extra careful around school when driving and parking.

Thank you for your support and consideration.

Mr. Neil Ringrose

Our garden gang need help!

Garden Gang

Spring is nearly here! We can't wait to get sowing and potting in our fantastic school garden and would love you to come and join us. If you are able to volunteer with our Garden Gang, then please contact Judith Winstanley in school.

Monday 13/3/2016 to Friday 18/3/2016

Learning about Shakespeare in Year 5

Our Year 5 children have been very lucky and have been learning about and with a famous Shakespeare play: Romeo and Juliet.

Counting up and down in tens in Year 2

Our Year 2 children have been doing lots of counting! This week they have been counting up and down in tens from different numbers. Please ask them about it. They are very clever!

Learning to be a team

Our Year 3 children have been learning to be a team. They had some string that they stretched around the class to make a spiders web and then shared something they thought was wonderful about the child next to them.

Learning about Shakespeare in Year 5

Our Year 5 children have been very lucky and have been learning about and with a famous Shakespeare play: Romeo and Juliet.

Counting up and down in tens in Year 2

Our Year 2 children have been doing lots of counting! This week they have been counting up and down in tens from different numbers. Please ask them about it. They are very clever!

Learning to be a team

Our Year 3 children have been learning to be a team. They had some string that they stretched around the class to make a spiders web and then shared something they thought was wonderful about the child next to them.

Sport Relief Day at Balladen.

Sport Relief Day at Balladen.

Sport Relief Day at Balladen.

Sport Relief Day at Balladen.

Sport Relief Day at Balladen.

Sport Relief Day at Balladen.

Celebrating learning at Balladen

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Children...

If you would like to write for the school newsletter please give your writing to Mr Ringrose or email your writing to neirin@balladen.org.uk

Next (what is happening next week)

Reception

In English we will be learning:

This week in English we are learning to write independent sentences.

In Maths we will be learning:

This week in Maths we are learning how to count in 2’s and 10’s.

We will also be learning about:

We are also having our teddy bears picnic this week!

You can help your child by:

We have our decorate an egg competition so maybe help your child with their entry?

Year 1

In English we will be learning:

This week in English we are learning about the Easter Story.

In Maths we will be learning:

This week in Maths it is our assessment week. Miss Hudson is going to find out how much we have learned this term.

We will also be learning about:

We are also learning about our local area.

You can help your child by:

Please continue to listen to your child read over the holidays.

Year 2

In English we will be learning:

This week in English we are learning to use VCOP to an exciting recount letter. We will also be having our writing assessment.

In Maths we will be learning:

This week in Maths we are learning addition and subtraction of money and giving change.

We will also be learning about:

We are also learning about ball skills in PE including throwing and catching. We will also be helping our sunflowers to grow.

You can help your child by:

Please keep working on number bonds to 20 and 100 times tables.

Year 3

In English we will be learning:

This week in English we are completing our writing assessment. We will be rewriting the story of ‘Hiccup the Viking who was Seasick’. We will be learning to use inverted commas to punctuate direct speech.

In Maths we will be learning:

This week in Maths we are learning about the relationships between the units of time, and other key vocabulary involving time.

We will be continuing to practise telling the time on an analogue clock to the nearest minute.

We will also be learning about:

We will also be learning about materials in science, our task will be to identify natural and man- made materials used in everyday life.